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G26 - Swallowed food: obtained for people.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
After swallowing or hiding food in their mouth, the character brings it to earth (passes it on to people).Berezkin category: Fertility and Agriculture
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 6, Origin and interpretation of culture elements, in particular related to agriculture, inadequate forms of subsistence and economic activity before the establishment of the present norms
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| L3 | 95.97% | The demon takes on human form and comes to his wife (less often to another woman). Usually, the woman (alone or with a child) runs away and/or kills the monster, either by herself or with someone's help. |
| F33 | 95.97% | A woman or group of women take a water animal or water monster as their lover. The husband(s), brother(s) or (adopted) children of the woman(s) kill or maim the lover and (in some cases) the woman(s). |
| M8 | 95.97% | Some characters (not humans) are struggling to break a strong barrier that prevents access to the desired location or to a high-value object. See also M8A - M8D motifs; they are included in the M8 motif in the correlation tables. |
| F35 | 95.65% | A character offers another person the meat of his sexual partner, and the other person, unaware, eats or cooks it. |
| C13 | 95.51% | During or before the onset of a global catastrophe (flood, darkness) or (surui) at night, household items and/or stones, trees, domestic animals, and cultivated plants turn into wild birds and animals or come to life. |
| I34 | 94.87% | It is necessary to approach a tree that is surrounded by fire, spews fire, throws sharp splinters, etc. |
| F34B | 94.87% | A girl, woman or group of women voluntarily take as their lover a penis that exists as a special creature, snake, moray eel, lizard, worm, crab, large aquatic animal or aquatic monster, or large terrestrial mammal. People kill or maim the lover, the woman and/or her offspring, or she herself loses her human nature. The woman's behaviour is condemned. |
| B17 | 94.80% | Darkness is a special object that can be carried and transferred (usually brought from the original owner in a vessel or bag). |
| L24 | 94.54% | Demons (or one of them) attack people and then hide. People destroy the demons' lair and kill all or most of them by spreading a smoky fire around the demons' refuge. |
| E7 | 94.28% | The path from one part of the world to another passes through a narrow opening. The character gets stuck in the opening, permanently severing the connection between the worlds. |
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This motif has been recorded in 14 traditions: Toraja (Toradja), To Mori, Baree (=Eastern Toraja), Tahltan, Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw), Lillooet, Quinault, Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu, Tunebo, Aguaruna, Huambiza, Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca, Kechua-speaking communities of Apurimac, Cuzco, Arequipa, Puno departments; Spanish sources of XVI-XVII centuries; Callawaya (Kechua with Pukina substratum), Aimara, Atacameño, Chamacoco (Ishir), Chorote